Archive for November, 2009

RT: @wacseattle: Oprah is agai…

November 30, 2009 No Comments

RT: @wacseattle: Oprah is again devoting her show tomorrow to “Half the Sky” and raising awareness for women’s issues.

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Great topic at #mifimon today:…

November 30, 2009 No Comments

Great topic at #mifimon today: why #microfinance focuses on #women

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RT: @SaveTogether: In Seattle …

November 30, 2009 No Comments

RT: @SaveTogether: In Seattle this Wednesday night? Join us for our launch party and happy hour at the Rat and Raven – http://bit.ly/5tBUMd

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Trying to explain the best of …

November 30, 2009 No Comments

Trying to explain the best of microfinance? @unitus has a great video here: http://tinyurl.com/yauflc3

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Microfinance Professionals: Ne…

November 25, 2009 No Comments

Microfinance Professionals: New Course from Accion and Harvard http://tinyurl.com/yfdaebs

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what good books have your read…

November 23, 2009 No Comments

what good books have your read lately? I need recommendations for how I should spend my birthday gift certificate

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Great apes using microfinance?…

November 23, 2009 No Comments

Great apes using microfinance? Not quite but cool project nonetheless http://tinyurl.com/yevbwkf

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Microfinance Projects to Support Wildlife Conservation

November 23, 2009 1 Comment

Village Enterprise has just announced a project to achieve Wildlife Conservation–particularly great apes in East Africa–using microfinance as one of the channels for achieving the goal.

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RT: @CGAP: What happens when a…

November 23, 2009 No Comments

RT: @CGAP: What happens when a mobile operator and a microfinance bank join up? EasyPaisa launches in Pakistan http://bit.ly/5NjAnM

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This takes the bloom off the r…

November 22, 2009 No Comments

This takes the bloom off the rose for #microcredit, if widespread. Uncollateralized loans enforced through repo: http://tinyurl.com/ycvvgop

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Wokai Seattle: Drinks for a Better World on December 8th

Wokai commissioned emerging Chinese photographers to travel to remote rural villages and capture images of Wokai’s work in microfinance....

2011 Law and Development Institute Conference on Saturday, Dec. 10, at Seattle University

By Diane Lourdes Dick.  The Law and Development Institute (“LDI”) and Seattle University School of Law will host the...

Global Partnerships, Fonkoze Pledge to Reach 50,000 Women in 3 Years

In a partnership with Linked Foundation, Fonkoze and Global Partnerships plan to reach 50,000 poor and ultra poor women...

Zidisha Turns Microfinance on its Head

While conducting fieldwork for a microfinance organization in West Africa in 2006, Zidisha.org founder Julia Kurnia noticed something startling....

Points to Ponder: What is Microfinance?

By Diane Lourdes Dick.  What is “microfinance”? Does the term refer to a series of financial transactions, or does it suggest...